Friendship is put to the test in this story of love and loyalty in Hell's Kitchen, New York. Alison Folland plays Claude, the skateboarding teenager who slowly comes out as gay in a homophobic urban environment. Her feelings are confused by her best friend Ellen who sinks deeper into drug abuse and self destruction. When there's a murder in the neighbourhood, Claude has to choose between loyalty for Ellen or her own instincts. A coming-of-age film debut by Alex Sichel. find out more...

A junior doctor and his fiancee move to his home town of LA so he can take up a medical post. Reluctantly the anally retentive young couple move in with his mother, a free living, free thinking record producer. Along with the resident band she's nurturing, both professionally and personally, the scene is set for an unravelling of family relationships and the addictive discovery of doing first, thinking later. Laurel Canyon is an intelligent and gripping drama, nicely observed and shot through wi find out more...

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"Josephine Decker has created a new style of thriller that employs allegory, incorporates touches of David Lynch as well as Magritte -esque imagery. Decker's setting of a remote farm feels like a metaphor for what turns out to be hell. The raw and emotional (and yes, sometimes funny) dialog tells a story that can seem familiar at points but really is meant to keep you guessing and off balance. I really enjoyed how the undertones of this film came to life through her very deft contrast of the find out more...